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PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The new police chief for central Logar province on Wednesday said he had dismissed and reshuffled several police officials in order to combat corruption and improve security.
Brig. Gen. Mohammad Daud Ahmadi took charge as... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Police on Sunday arrested the mayor of central Logar province from his office on corruption charges in compliance with orders from the president, an official said.
Logar police chief Brig Gen Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai told... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Unknown gunmen shot dead a senior woman’s affairs department official in central Logar province on Sunday, an official said.
Nazrab Shah, finance section head at the Women’s Affairs Department, came under attack in Qala-i-... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Logar officials on Saturday said some radios across the border in Pakistan aired anti-Afghanistan broadcasts being heard in the central province’s Charkh district.
Khalilullah Kamal, the Charkh district chief, said reports... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A public uprising commander was killed along with his three fighters after Taliban insurgents ambushed them in the Barak-i-Barak district of central Logar province on Sunday, officials said.
Haji Khalil was travelling... read more

GHAZNI CTY/PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Three Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel were killed in an insurgent attack and a woman was injured in a separate rocket fire in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday.
The three ALP men were killed... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A bomb blast killed three policemen, including two officers, in the Barak-i-Barak district of central Logar province on Wednesday afternoon, an official said.A fourth policeman was injured in the blast that ripped through their... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): An Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander was killed on Wednesday when a magnetic bomb attached to his vehicle went off near the capital of central Logar province, officials said.Ghufran was travelling in his private car from his... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Four policemen, including three officers, and 10 insurgents were killed during a fierce gun-battle near the capital of central Logar province on Thursday, officials said.The clash broke out in the Mandokhel area, one kilometre... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Three civilians were killed and two others seriously wounded in a drone airstrike by NATO-led troops in the capital of central Logar province on Friday, an official said.Brig. Gen. Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai, the provincial police... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The mayor for Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province has been shot dead inside his home by suspected insurgents, police said on Friday.The district police chief, Abdul Wakil Haqyar, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Mayor... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Three individuals planning bomb attacks during Saturday’s runoff election have been detained in central Logar province, a police official said on Friday.Col. Sher Daud Zarin told Pajhwok Afghan News the detainees had been... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Security forces shot dead a high schoolteacher during a brief raid on his home in this capital city of central Logar province, the education director said on Monday.Logar Education Director Mohammad Akbar Stanikzai told Pajhwok... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Two members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) were shot dead by their colleague in central Logar province on Wednesday, an official said.The shooting followed a verbal clash between ALP personnel in Pul-i-Alam, the provincial... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Residents of the Barak-i-Barak district in central Logar province have picked up guns to drive insurgents from their areas, an official said on Monday.Numbering more than a thousand, the gun-wielding residents made the uprising... read more

PUL-I-Alam: (Pajhwok): Residents and provincial council members on Monday rejected the official claim of polling stations’ security in central Logar provinces.Officials assured residents of tight security during the elections despite the fact that... read more

KABUL (PAN): Two rebel commanders and as many would-be suicide attackers were killed during a drone attack in the Baraki Barak district of central Logar province on Saturday, an official said.The pilotless aircraft struck a car carrying the... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): International Security Assistance Force (ISAP) troops have detained five people, including a tribal elder, during an operation in central Logar province, residents claimed on Tuesday.Resident Javed Hashimi said the foreign soldiers... read more

KABUL (PAN): One public order policeman was killed and five others, including two women, were injured when a bomb-rigged motorcycle went off in the capital of central Logar province on Friday, an official and witnesses said.The blast took place in... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): An official on Tuesday said 32 insurgents had been detained and a huge quantity of explosives and arms seized during a week-long security operation in central Logar province, but the Taliban rejected the claim.The operation... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Four Afghan National Army (ANA) troops were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a military installation in central Logar province on Tuesday.The bomber first opened fire at the troops and detonated... read more

GHAZNI CITY/PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Massive flooding unleashed by heavy rains left at least five people dead, 60 homes destroyed and thousands of acres of farmland inundated in southern Ghazni and central Logar provinces, officials said on Thursday.In... read more

KABUL (PAN): A night time airstrike by NATO-led International Security Assistance Force killed at least 15 Taliban insurgents in central Logar province, an official said on Wednesday.The air raid on Tuesday night targeted a group of militants who... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Five children and two women have died of hunger and lack of access to health facilities as a result of road blockades by the Taliban over the past five months in the Azra district of central Logar province, an official and... read more

HERAT CITY/PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): New buildings for five schools are being constructed in western Herat and central Logar provinces, officials said on Thursday.The structures in Herat are under construction in Farsi, Kuhansan and Pashtun Zarghon... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A nighttime NATO airstrike killed at least 15 Taliban insurgents on the outskirts of Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, an official said.The strike took place Wednesday night near Pul-i-Alam after the insurgents... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Gunmen shot dead the head and a member of a local community council in the Barak-i-Barak district of central Logar province on Sunday, an official said.The two were killed in the noon in Yahya Qala area, the Barak-i-Barak district... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Fifteen Taliban insurgents were killed and five others were detained during a joint Afghan-ISAF forces’ operation in the central province of Logar, officials said on Sunday.ISAF provided air support to the ground Afghan security... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Gunmen shot dead a High Peace Council (HPC) official on his way home in the central province of Logar on Sunday, an official said.Mullah Bashir was attacked by Taliban insurgents in the Dabar area of Charkh district, the provincial... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Two separate protest rallies in central Logar province on Wednesday strongly denounced a statement attributed to a top Pakistani cleric justifying suicide attacks in Afghanistan.Hundreds of people, including religious... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Dozens of residents of this provincial capital on Saturday protested against the Logar municipality department for what they called blatant corruption and a failure to address civic problems.Organised by a civil society group, the... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): US Special Forces shot dead three civilians and detained two others in the Baraki Barak district of central Logar province, an official claimed on Sunday.The deaths occurred on Saturday night when American troops fired at a... read more

PUL-E-ALAM (PAN): Prince Mirwais Zahir on Sunday revealed that thousands of acres of their family land had been seized by local mafias in central Logar province.Zahir, son of the late King Zahir Shah, while addressing a meeting attended by the... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A helicopter carrying US soldiers made a forced landing on the outskirts of Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, officials and the alliance said on Tuesday, with Taliban claiming they shot it down.Logar deputy police... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): At least 18 people were injured in twin bomb explosions in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, on Sunday morning, said officials.Police officer Rais Khan Sadiq told Pajhwok Afghan News after the first explosion,... read more

KHOST CITY (PAN): Seven militants, including four mine planters, were killed and another injured during separate clashes in southeastern Khost and central Logar provinces, officials said on Monday.The skirmish happened on Sunday night in the... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A sole militant who resumed attacks early Monday morning, targetting a government office in central Logar province, was killed, an official said.The fighter, who escaped after Sunday's clashes and moved to another... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): In a protest against the cruel killing of civilians by US troops in southern Kandahar, the provincial council office of central Logar province was closed on Tuesday.
Sixteen civilians, including women and children, were killed on... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A high-powered delegation sent to central Logar province by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Friday said the housing problem of nomad Kuchis should be resolved.Agriculture Minister Mohammad Asif... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Three years of efforts at developing the Ainak copper mine in central Logar province have failed due to outside interference, a senior official alleged on Monday.The mine, located 30 kilometres southeast of Kabul, is believed to... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A public sector university would be established with revenue from the Ainak copper mine in central Logar province, officials said on Saturday.Provincial council chief, Dr. Abdul Wali Wakil, told a news conference the proposed... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Up to 70 Afghan civilians were wounded in powerful suicide truck bombing near the entrance to an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) facility in central Logar province on Friday, officials said.As usual, the Taliban... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): The distribution of residential plots to teachers started on Sunday in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, officials said.The plots are part of a 300-acre township for teachers, according to Abdul Matin Jafar, the... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): The Ministry of Agriculture for the first time has introduced saffron crop to central Logar province to help farmers explore new economic options for themselves, officials said on Thursday.“For the first time in my life, I... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Five suspected fighters were detained during an operation by international soldiers in the Qala-i-Shahi area on the outskirts of Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, police chief, Brig. Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewanai... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Two insurgents were killed and a third injured by the explosives they were planting in the central province of Logar, officials said on Sunday.The incident occurred when the militants were planting a roadside bomb in the Patkhwab... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Three militants were detained while planting roadside bombs in central Logar province, officials said on Monday.The rebels were held with an AK-47 assault rifle and a motorcycle on Sunday night in the Dabar area of Charkh district... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): One civilian was killed and four others were injured when a police vehicle veered off the road in central Logar province on Sunday, officials said.The accident happened at about 7:30am in the Qala-i-Sayed Habibullah area on the... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): One student was killed and 11 others, including a teacher, were injured on Sunday when a mortar shell landed in a school in the central province of Logar, officials said. The incident occurred at around 11:30am during a clash... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and two others injured when their vehicle overturned in central Logar province on Wednesday, officials said on Wednesday.The incident happened near the National Directorate of... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): The dead bodies of six ISAF contractors were found four days after their abduction in the central province of Logar, officials said on Saturday.Nine workers of a company, clearing an ISAF base in Pul-i-Alam of garbage, were... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Two suspected militants were killed and a third detained in the Charkh district of central Logar province, officials said on Friday.The fighters were killed during an overnight operation by coalition forces in the Garm Aaba area of... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier shot and killed his two international counterparts and an Afghan comrade before he was killed at a joint military base in central Logar province on Saturday, officials said.But ISAF media... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed three people and swept away thousands of acres of agricultural land in central Logar province, an official said on Monday.Districts including Mohammad Agha, Baraki Barak and Charkh are... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Two NATO supply fuel tankers were torched by militants in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, an official said on Wednesday.Maj. Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Rough Liwanai, the provincial police chief, said the incident took... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has detained two suspected militants during an operation in central Logar province, security officials said on Sunday.
Zar Muhammad and his son were arrested in the Zarghon area... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A woman and a child were injured when a coalition-fired rocket hit a hospital in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, officials said on Wednesday.
Abdul Hamid Hamed, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A district chief escaped unhurt in a Taliban ambush and two insurgents were killed in the ensuing clash in central Logar province on Tuesday, the police chief said.
The rebels fired at Baraki Barak district chief Eng. Mohammad... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Two militants were killed and a third wounded during a clash with Afghan and foreign forces in the Barak-i-Barak district of central Logar province, an official said on Tuesday.
The four-hour firefight was touched off by a rebel... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Nearly a dozeninsurgents, including a Taliban-appointed district chief, were killed and 18 others wounded during a clash with police in the Azra district of central Logar province, an official said on Saturday
Three policemen were... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Three Pakistani labourers were killed and two Afghans were injured in a militant attack in central Logar province, officials said Saturday.
The Taliban fighters attacked the workers late Friday while they were constructing a... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Six Taliban fighters have been killed and more than a dozen others wounded during an ongoing operation in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, an official said on Friday.
Launched three days ago, the operation was... read more

PUL-I-ALAM/MEHTARLAM (PAN): Unidentified gunmen kidnapped the secretary of the Logar Provincial Council and three others in the eastern province of Laghman, officials said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Wednesday in the Aziz Khan Kas area... read more

PUL-I-ALAM/MEHTARLAM (PAN): Unidentified gunmen kidnapped the secretary of the Logar Provincial Council and three others in the eastern province of Laghman, officials said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Wednesday in the Aziz Khan... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Six Afghans working for international troops in central Logar province were injured in a militant attack on Wednesday, police said.
The six were travelling in a bus when gunmen attacked them in the Khadir area on the outskirts of... read more

PUL-I-ALAM/ MAIMANA (PAN): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former jihadi commander in the central province of Logar on Tuesday, police said.
Kaka, a former commander of the Ittihad Party, was gunned down in the Surkhabad area of Mohammad Agha... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Five Taliban insurgents were killed during an operation in the central province of Logar, officials said on Monday.
Afghan and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) concluded the week-long operation codenamed Omaid (Hope... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A 12-year-old girl was killed and three civilians were injured in a clash between Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and Taliban fighters in Logar central province, officials said on Saturday.
The clash erupted on Friday night,... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Two private security guards and as many Taliban fighters were killed during a clash in the central province of Logar on Monday morning, an official said.
Five workers of the private security firm, escorting a supply convoy, were... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A Turkish engineer, who was abducted three weeks back, was freed in central Logar, province on Saturday, an official said.
Kamaluddin and two other Turkish engineers had been abducted by suspected militants on their way to Kabul... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Unidentified gunmen shot dead an elderly couple in Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, officials said on Wednesday.
The attackers killed the 85-year old Imam Shah, an amulet writer, and his spouse on Tuesday night in... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Militants attacked a police patrol searching for bombs planted beneath culverts in central Logar province early on Friday, injuring one police officer, an official said.
The attack that took place in Khadar area, two kilometres... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): The Taliban torched a taker carrying fuel for international forces in central Logar province on Monday which blocked the Kabul-Gardez highway for hours, officials said.
The incident happened at 10am in Muhammad Agha district when... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Afghan soldiers shot dead two protesters in central Logar province on Sunday, despite a US pastor's decision to abandon plans to burn copies of the Quran, an official said.Hundreds of people packed streets in the Barki Barak... read more

JALALABAD/PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Candidates standing in next week's parliamentary election say their rivals were using the Quran-burning protests as a pretext to rip down competitors' posters.The threat by a pastor of a Florida-based church, Terry Jones... read more

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Two US soldiers and eight Taliban were killed during a clash in the central province of Logar on Thursday, officials said.But the International Security Assistance Force said it had no knowledge of the clash.Taliban fighters had... read more